# Amputations at H and M Construction Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021076364` · 7/31/2021 · BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** H and M Construction Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 6651 East State Hwy 137, BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72315
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lying on a concrete slab immediately next to an unloader. The unloader had been raised on a hydraulic jack so the employee could make a shim adjustment to it. When the employee lowered the unloader after making the adjustment, it fell and struck the employee, who suffered a 10-inch horizontal laceration to the chest; the amputation of three fingers on the left hand; a cut to the left side of the head; cuts on the upper right arm; and bruises to the back, left hip, and right shoulder.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*